GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--Third-seeded Westminster College and fourth-seeded Chatham University scored road wins in the semifinal round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Thursday night to secure spots in Saturday's title game.
No. 3 Westminster (13-14) earned a 59-48 win over No. 2 Grove City College (15-11) at the Grove City College Arena in Grove City, Pennsylvania. No. 4 Chatham (18-9) held on for a 54-51 victory over No. 1 seed Saint Vincent College (22-5) at the Robert S. Carey Student Center in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
No. 3 Chatham will travel to No. 4 Westminster for Saturday's title game. Tipoff at Buzz Ridl Gymnasium is slated for 7:30 p.m.
Admission to all PAC Championship Tournament games is $5 for adults and $2 for students, with students at PAC host institutions admitted for free with valid identification.
The winner of the PAC's Championship Tournament will receive the league's automatic qualifying bid to this year's NCAA Division III Championship. The selected Division III Championship teams as well as the first and second round site selections will be announced Monday, February 25 at 12:30 p.m. (EST) on
ncaa.com. First and second round games are scheduled for Friday-Saturday, March 1-2.
2018-19 PAC Championship Tournament highlights
Thursday, February 21 :: Latrobe, Pa.
| Semifinal |
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| No. 4 Chatham 54, No. 1 Saint Vincent 51 |
Box Score |
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| No. 4 Chatham advances to its first-ever title fray with Thursday's upset win at No. 1 Saint Vincent ... Senior guard Will Sanderr(Allison Park, Pa. | North Allegheny) paced the Cougars offensively, scoring a game-high 25 points ... Sandherr added five rebounds and a pair of steals ... Senior forward Marc Wells (Brentwood, Pa. | Brentwood) finished with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to go along with a team-best seven rebounds and a pair of blocks ... Senior guard Anthony Bomar (Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park) totaled seven points, four rebounds and five assists ... Sanderr's three-pointer with 5:05 remaining in regulation proved to be the eventual game-winning bucket ... Senior forward Tom Kromka (Monroeville, Pa. | Gateway) led three Saint Vincent players in double figures, finishing with 18 points and six rebounds ... Sophomore guard David Stephen (Winter Garden, Fla. | Dr. Phillips) added 15 points and six rebounds while sophomore forward Ryan Dutton (Baden, Pa. | Slippery Rock) chipped in with 12 points and four boards ... Chatham's win snapped Saint Vincent's 14-game home win streak this season. |
